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Ask HN: Favorite board games?
I find that most of the hackers I know tend to enjoy board games, especially designer board games. I thought it'd be interesting to see what everyone is playing. I'm always ready to pick up and learn a new game that's been recommended to me. Do you play? What games are your favorites? Any really obscure games that you like?
Currently my favorite game is Carcassonne. Other games I usually play are Ticket to Ride and Settlers (of course). I just bought Memoir '44 and am anxious to play my first game of it.
- ardell 18y agoRisk, Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico Someone just set up an Atlanta startup community board game night where we get startup-minded folks to play strategy board games like these once a quarter.
- noodle 18y agolink?
- sanjayparekh 18y agoI'm the one responsible for Atlanta Startup Game night. You can register here (Atlanta only people please): http://grokventures.wufoo.com/forms/startup-games/ http://grokventures.wufoo.com/forms/startup-games/ Although all the slots for the February game are already filled. I'm thinking about how to expand this out into other communities. First goal though is to figure out a model that works. Stay tuned!
- sanjayparekh 18y agoErrr.. @ardell, I never said once a month! :-) I'm thinking once a quarter so we don't burn out on this event.
- ashwinl 18y agoRisk is great. Does anyone know a good online community for Risk (i.e. where you can play Risk online)?
- aniketh 18y agoyou can try out kdice. pretty similar to risk
- spyrosk 18y agoRisk, Talisman, Arkham Horror and Android. The latter two are really good, but they could be a bit frustrating if you've never played anything like them again. Once you get the hang of it though they are really addicting.
- anthony_barker 18y agoList of nice games http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame
- seregine 18y agoModern Art is pretty fun, and since it's auction-based you end up thinking about negotiation and valuations. I'm learning to play Go, and it really appeals to me in the same way Lisp might - simple, elegant, but with endless depth.
- sanjayparekh 18y agoGo is a great game. I'm hoping I can coax my son to graduate from Chess to Go. Of course he's still pretty young so I'm not hurrying him too much.
- inimino 18y agoI'm not sure if Go is in the intended category of "board games" as that term is being used here, but I must also recommend it. Learning Go, I found all other games began to seem dull by comparison.
- geuis 18y agoRobo Rally
- raamdev 18y agoChess.
- fbbwsa 18y agobackgammon. started playing it recently when i got a new job and the guys at my new firm play it. fun as hell.
- icey 18y agoIt's rather silly, but I seriously love "The Farming Game" (http://www.farmgame.com/ http://www.farmgame.com/). Maybe it's the whole running a business aspect, or just that I really like tractors.
- TrevorJ 18y agoAnother vote for Settlers, also axis and allies is good.
- avinashv 18y agoI enjoy Backgammon and Checkers, Scrabble and Monopoly. My current affair is with Rubik's Cubes, though--but that's not the exact question here.
- dantheman 18y agoCivilization (out of print) Industria Carcassonne Pueto Rico